about

Jaime Burnet's first novel, Crocuses Hatch From Snow, was published by Vagrant Press in 2019. Crocuses was shortlisted for the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award and the ReLit Award.

Jaime’s second novel, milktooth, was published by Vagrant in April 2025. Milktooth was longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction, and won the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award.

The Raddall jury called milktooth “a breathtaking account of the insidiousness of intimate partner abuse and the immense strength and difficult untangling required to escape," and said, "Burnet has incredible skill, building momentum from the first page, and reaching a narrative climax that is extremely moving. Sorcha’s first steps toward freedom, despite her fear and doubt, are stunningly captured on the page.”

Jaime lives with her wife and two kids in Kjipuktuk/Halifax, Mi’kma'ki/Nova Scotia, where she writes, makes music, and practices labour, employment, and human rights law.

Photo by John Packman